Considering the economic and financial crisis at the moment, some are confident that Australia can manage the situation. The long-term effects have altered significantly to what Australians were thinking, but it’s not certain, it will depend on the country’s investment on productivity-increasing innovation and reform and getting the right balance on regulation, says Glenn Stevens, RBA governor. Things [...]

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The Greens say that instead of touring a clean-coal project, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should have visited one of the world’s largest solar power plants in China, which is headed by a man who was educated in Australia.
Greens Senator Christine Milne says Mr Rudd should have made a symbolic gesture and visited the Suntech solar [...]

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A legal challenge has been lanched in the Federal Court challenging the Federal Government’s decision to approve the proposed plant at Wonthaggi .
Spokesman John Wright of the ‘Your Water, Your Say’ group, says the project has been given the go ahead without full consideration of the environmental effects and other issues and needs to be [...]

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How will we reduce Australias greenhouse gas emissions?
Simple. We lock it 2 kilometres underground, therefore removing it from our atmostphere.
Australia, more specifically south-west Victoria, is the proud new owner its first carbon storage plant which will bury 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in the ground.
Phil Freeman from the conservation foundation says Australia should [...]

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Following Mexico, Canada and the United States, Australia has been ranked one of the cheapest places in the world to do business, according to the KPMG competitive alternatives survey.
KPMG chief executive Geoff Wilson said Australia ranks highly for cost competitiveness in areas such as transport and web and multimedia operations.
Australia is also ranked number one [...]

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Funding the desalination plant will see inceases in water charges by at least $200 a year. A choice which the New South Wales Government says it has not.
The price will rise by $95 a year for the average household from July 1 and are expected to reach of $203 increase by 2012.
Interestingly enough, only half of the money will [...]

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